Age: 88
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Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Actor Robert De Niro described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human". At a young age Hoffman knew he wanted to study in the arts, and entered into the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music; later he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Angeles. His first theatrical performance was 1961's A Cook for Mr. General as Ridzinski. During that time he appeared in several guest roles on television shows like Naked City and The Defenders. He then starred in the 1966 off-Broadway play Eh? where his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award. His breakthrough role was as Benjamin Braddock in Mike Nichols' critically acclaimed and iconic film The Graduate (1967), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. His next role was "Ratso" Rizzo in John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969), in which he acted alongside Jon Voight; they both received Oscar nominations, and the film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. He gained success in the 1970s playing roles that shaped the craft of his acting, crossing genres effortlessly in the western Little Big Man (1970), the prison drama Papillon (1973), playing a controversial and groundbreaking comedian in Bob Fosse's Lenny (1975), Marathon Man alongside Laurence Olivier (1976), and as Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal in All the President's Men (1976). In 1979, Hoffman starred in the family drama Kramer vs. Kramer alongside Meryl Streep. They both received Academy Awards for their performances. After a three-year break from films, Hoffman returned in Sydney Pollack's show business comedy Tootsie (1982) about a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and reprised the role a year later in a television film earning a Primetime Emmy Award. In 1987 he starred alongside Warren Beatty in Elaine May's comedy Ishtar. He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the autistic savant Ray Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man, co-starring Tom Cruise. In 1989, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for playing Shylock in a stage performance of The Merchant of Venice. In the 1990s, he made appearances in such films as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation Dick Tracy (1990), Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as Captain Hook, medical disaster Outbreak (1995), legal crime drama Sleepers (1996), and the satirical black comedy Wag the Dog (1997) alongside Robert De Niro.
Dustin Hoffman
Walter Harlow
for Walter Harlow in Sierra Vista Hotel
Suggested by jakubduda
At the Sierra Vista Hotel, eight seemingly strangers meet on the same day. Old and wise Nick Waldorf, who is here to meet his old lifelong friend, with whom he served in Vietnam, for one last ride. Christine Harlow, a young girl here to reunite with her long-estranged father. Julia Bitters, a movie actress who is about to be reunited with the man she always loved, who helped her get into Hollywood decades ago, and about whom she wants to make a movie. Also Cindy Warren, who came here to see her ex-husband. Walter, who was invited here by his brother. Another is the owner of the hotel, Roy William Neill, who is waiting for the arrival of his uncle, who is to stay with him at the hotel. Last but not least Dr. Merian C. Cooper, who checked in to meet with his patient and good friend. The 8th person is Claire Harlow, Christine's mom, she is here to meet her ex and Christine's father, and she doesn't know that Christine is that too. As everyone hangs out and everyone is waiting for someone, they start talking and things get weird because everyone is supposed to meet a man named Wilfred. They were all invited here by one man, Wilfred "Willy" Harlow, who is trying to put his ruined life in order before he dies, because not only is he old, but he is also very sick and doesn't have as much time left as he would like. He invited several people closest to him, with whom he not only wants to share the bad news, but also wants to spend a beautiful time with them and settle the estate.
